At the end of March 2016, the Kosovo insurance market totaled EUR 18.50 million - 2.56% more y-o-y, according to the market statistics published by the Central Bank of Kosovo - CBK. During the reported period, claims paid by insurers totaled EUR 8.20 million, down by 8.71%.

According to the first data published by the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo, the local insurance market ended 2015 with GWP of EUR 78.77 million, 1.64% down y-o-y. Paid claims amounted to EUR 36.97 million, 18.6 more than in 2014.

Rrahim Pacolli has been elected as head of Administrative Council of Kosovo Insurance Bureau on Tuesday.

Kosovo's Central Bank has ordered the local Raiffeisen Bank to pay a 1 Euro million penalty for cheating its clients over an insurance product.

In 3Q 2015 the Kosovo insurers reported a slight y-o-y decrease in GWP, of 0.27%, to EUR 61.03 million, as the Central Bank data showed (Note: The figures presented by CBK include only the insurers' activity on non-life segment). Claims paid by local insurers for this period increased significantly by 17.54% y-o-y to EUR 23.07 million.

Speaking on Wednesday, the Kosovo minister in charge of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue explained that this agreement, reached on June 23, "has nothing to do with those on temporary license plates and freedom of movement."

The head of the technical delegation on issues concerning border insurance, Rrahim Pacolli, has decided to freeze as of this midnight the agreement for the mutual recognition of border insurance policies between Kosovo and Serbia. Pacolli took this decision based on article 9 of the statute of the Kosovo Insurance Bureau, stressing that the agreement reached on June 23 in Brussels is not being implemented in a mutual way by the Serb side.

Officials in Kosovo accused today Serbia for not respecting the EU brokered deal of last month over free circulation, which related to vehicles plates and insurance policies in both countries, and gave a one week ultimatum to Belgrade authorities to end the boycott.

During the January-June 2015 period, the Kosovo insurance market maintained similar results to those reported for the 1H2014 period - GWP of EUR 39.3 million, while the value of paid claims increased by 22% y-o-y to EUR 19.4 million, according to financial figures published by the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo (CBK). During 1H2015, the number of policies sold by insurance companies was 447.9 thousand, representing an annual increase of 4.5%.

The implementation of the memorandum on vehicle insurance, which representatives of Belgrade and Pristina signed in Brussels, began at midnight on Tuesday.

Austrian insurance group UNIQA said on Friday its earnings before taxes from operations in Kosovo fell to 100,000 euro in the first three months of 2015 from 400,000 euro a year earlier.

At the end of March 2015, the Kosovo insurance market totaled EUR 18.04 million - a value similar to that reported for the first quarter of last year, the market statistics published by the Central Bank of Kosovo - CBK indicate. During the reported period, claims paid by insurers totaled EUR 8.98 million, 18.53% more y-o-y.

Last year, the Kosovo insurance market totaled EUR 80.08 million, or 3.48% more y-o-y, according to the preliminary statistics published by the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo (CBK). At the same time, the volume of paid claims by local insurers decreased significantly by 18.90%, to EUR 31.18 million.

The Kosovo insurance sector reported a slight y-o-y increase in GWP, of 1.65%, to EUR 61.2 million in the first nine months of 2014, as the Central Bank data showed (Note: The figures presented by CBK include only the insurers' activity on non-life segment). MTPL premiums accounted for more than a half of total GWP, while the share of Border policies premiums was close to 20%. Other types of voluntary insurance accounted for ~28% of total market.

More than 300 requests for compensation for damages caused by a vehicle accident or other mishap en route are being submitted to the national insurers' bureaus by the citizens of Kosovo and Macedonia traveling in both countries, Telegraf.mk reads.

During the first six months of the current year, due the volume of gross written premiums criteria, the insurance sector in Kosovo reported a slight decrease of 0.5% y-o-y to EUR 39.2 million, the Central Bank data showed.

For the January-March 2014 period, the Central Bank of Kosovo - CBK reported a 5.9% decrease of the insurance market to EUR 18 million, due the 21% decrease of MTPL insurance sector. Claims paid by insurers totaled EUR 7.6 million at the end of March 2014, or 42% less compared to 1Q2013.

In 2013, the Kosovo's' insurance market was characterized by a 5% decrease in GWP, a 26% increase in claims paid by the insurers and a 21% increase in the total number of policies sold by the companies, according to the full year preliminary results published by the local market authority - Central Bank of Kosovo (CBK).

According to data published by the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo (CBK), the insurance market reported a negative result in 3Q2013. Gross written premiums totaled EUR 60.2 million, or 5% less as compared to the January-September 2012 period. At the same time, the paid claims of insurers increased by 37% to EUR 29.5 million.

During the period January-June 2013, Kosovo insurance market has continued with an increase. The volume of gross written premium for the above mentioned period has arrived in amount of EUR 40.3 million or 16% more comparing with the same period of previous year.